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Canadian warship passing through Taiwan Strait irks China

www.dw.com Canadian warship passing through Taiwan Strait irks China – DW – 02/17/2025

The Taiwan Strait separates Taiwan from mainland China, and Beijing claims jurisdiction over the maritime territory. Earlier this month, two US vessels also crossed the waterbody.

Summary

A Canadian warship passed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, prompting China to condemn the move as provocative and destabilizing.

Chinese military forces have been deployed to counter the perceived threat.

The passage follows recent crossings by two US vessels, with Taiwan’s defense ministry asserting that the strait remains international waters and a symbol of regional openness.

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Fuck Pooh. Fuck trump. Go Canada.
- least bloodthirsty lib
  
  What part of that statement gave you any clue as to what their political leanings are?
  
  their bloodthirstiness, however them using "pooh" to talk about xi jinping further narrows it down to most likely dem-leaning lib.
  
  Man, did you somehow manage to skip the "Western Culture" class during your re-education? Not a single part of that statement makes any sense.
  
  I'm really intrigued by this, re-education from what? What education do you think I had that I then got re-educated from and why would "western culture" be a part of it?
  Edit: Also how did I get into this re-education? Was I forced or did I voluntarily sign up? Please paint me a picture here I'm fascinated by this
  
  mathemachristian tries not to gargle authoritarian nuts (impossible challenge)
  
  Hey now, maybe he just really loves billionairs and wants them to have tax breaks even if it means a bunch of clowns run his country into the ground.
  
  libs try to not be homophobic challenge (even less possible)
  
  Are there any female authoritarian leaders? I can't think of any current ones, so it may be simply descriptive instead of sexist/homophobic.
  
  The fact that you use "to gargle balls" as an insult, suggesting it is a demeaning act is homophobic and sexist
  
  holy shit dude what doesn't offend you?
  and the fact that you have nothing negative to say about authoritarians shows enough where your bitch ass stands.
  absolute clown.
  
  man this snowflake is so offended let me throw in another sexist insult
  really got me there bud
  
  I didn't use it at all. I just pointed out that it's only sexist/homophobic if other arrangements are given a pass, while the male-male arrangement is used in a pejorative manner. (On an unrelated note, it's a fun fact that we can now safety assume that you are a male. I'm curious what the male: female ratio is among tankies). If anything, it's the s+m community that should be offended, since the phrase implies that being the sexually submissive partner is inherently bad.
  
  My point is using "gargling balls" as an insult implies its a demeaning act. It follows that (hetero) women and gay men are demeaned by it or that they at least should be ashamed of it. Performing oral sex has long been coded (and used) as showing dominance, with the person performing the act submitting to the domination of the person they are performing it on. To the point that men performing oral sex on women would be seen as effeminate and therefore lesser. This is being used in a s&m context sure, but my point is that it's mainly used to enforce the patriarchy, where women and gay men are seen as lesser.
  Edit as to the male:female ratio hexbear did a poll a while back: https://chapo.chat/post/3635039

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